Bob Dylan - Down the highway
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Capo: 5
Tuning: D A D G B E
Down The Highway
Words and music Bob Dylan
Released on Freewheelin' [1963]
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
Double drop D tuning [D-A-D-G-B-d']
Capo 5th fret [sounding key G major]
Recurring riff:
d|--------------------------------------0--|
B|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--------------------3--|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------2--|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3p0----------------0--|
A|-----------------------3p0------------0--|
D|---------------------------3---3---0--0--|
An occasional flourish:
d|-------3-0--|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
D|---3-0------|
[Verse]
D7Well, I'm walkin' down the highway
With my suitcase in my hand.
Yes, I'm Gwalkin' down the highway
D7 [riff]
With my suitcase in my hand.
Lord, I Areally miss my baby,
[riff]
She's in some far-off land.
[Verse]
D7Well, your streets are gettin' empty,
Lord, your highway's gettin' filled.
And your sGtreets are gettin' empty
D7 [riff]
And your highway's gettin' filled.
Well, theA way I love that woman,
[riff]
I swear it's bound to get me killed.
[Verse]
D7Well, I been gamblin' so long,
Lord, I ain't got much more to lose.
Yes, I bGeen gamblin' so long,
D7 [riff]
Lord, I ain't got much more to lose.
Right noAw I'm havin' trouble,
[riff]
Please don't take away my highway shoes.
[Verse]
D7Well, I'm bound to get lucky, baby,
Or I'm bound to die tryin'.
Yes, I'm Ga-bound to get lucky, baby,
D7 [riff]
Lord, Lord I'm a-bound to die tryin'.
Well, meeAt me in the middle of the ocean
[riff]
And we'll leave this ol' highway behind.
[Verse]
D7Well, the ocean took my baby,
My baby stole my heart from me.
Yes, thGe ocean took my baby,
D7 [riff]
My baby took my heart from me.
She pacAked it all up in a suitcase,
[riff]
Lord, she took it away to Italy, Italy.
[Verse]
D7So, I'm a-walkin' down your highway
Just as far as my poor eyes can see.
Yes, I'Gm a-walkin' down your highway
D7 [riff]
Just as far as my eyes can see.
From thAe Golden Gate Bridge
[riff]
All the way to the Statue of Liberty.